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ApexAt a glance
Starting price
Compared on the lowest price you can pay: with a verified code where the provider shows one, else the list price.
Drawdown type
No edge: depends on the plan or not in our data.
Consistency
Shown, not scored: firms measure consistency differently.
Profit split
Activation fee
Best for…
Apex Trader Funding
- Best for the lowest price you can pay
- Best for keeping more of each payout
Edges follow fixed rules (cheaper with the same billing, EOD on every account, higher split, no activation fee) applied to our dataset. Commercial relationships play no part. Your plan, size and stage can change the picture.
Full firm reviews: Lucid Trading review and rules · Apex Trader Funding review and rules
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Side-by-side comparison
| Rule | Lucid | Apex |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest evaluation | $65 (Flex 25K)$45.50 with VAULT (Flex 25K) | $167 (Intraday Trail Standard 25K)$16.70 with SAVENOW (Intraday Trail Standard 25K) |
| Billing | One-time | One-time (Legacy monthly) |
| Activation fee | No activation fee | $89–$159 or a no-activation-fee option |
| Drawdown | EOD (Daily funded: intraday) | Intraday / EOD |
| Daily loss limit | Your choice at checkout | In EOD eval and PA (tiered) |
| Consistency | Flex/Daily 50% in eval · Pro funded 40% · Direct 20% | None in eval · 50% on PA (Legacy 30%) |
| Profit split | 90/10 | 100% (Legacy: 100% of first $25K, then 90%) |
| Payouts | Any day once eligible | 5 qualifying days |
| News trading | Allowed (Daily funded: no Red Folder) | Allowed |
| Max accounts | 10 eval · 5 Sim · 5 Live (per household) | 20 PA · Live up to 5 |
| Profit target (50K) | Flex: $3,000 Pro: $3,000 Daily: $3,000 | Intraday Trail: $3,000 EOD Trail: $3,000 Legacy (back on sale): $3,000 |
| Max contracts (50K, mini / micro) | Flex: 4 / 40 Pro: 4 / 40 Daily: 4 / 40 | Intraday Trail: 6 / 60 EOD Trail: 6 / 60 Legacy (back on sale): 10 |
| Plans | Flex, Pro, Daily, Direct | Intraday Trail, EOD Trail, Legacy (back on sale) |
| Max funding | $750K | $3M |
| Platforms | NinjaTrader, Quantower, Rithmic, TradingView, Tradovate, TradeSea, DeepChart (Rithmic accounts, connection only) | Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, WealthCharts, DeepChart (Rithmic accounts, connection only) |
| Discount code | VAULTPublic promo (not a partner code) | SAVENOWPublic promo (not a partner code) |
Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss. Prop firm evaluations are paid products; most traders do not pass.
Prices are the lowest list price before any coupon; the lowest price with a code is shown underneath where the provider displays one (or as a marked estimate). Each firm has several plans with different rules — open the full rulebook for size-by-size tables.
Who is better for what
- The lowest price you can payApex Trader Funding
- EOD drawdown tradersNo clear winner: the plans differ (billing or rule type), compare them plan by plan
- Keeping more of each payoutApex Trader Funding
- Avoiding an activation feeLucid Trading
- News tradersApex Trader Funding: Allowed
- Holding overnightEven on overnight holding: Lucid — No (Flex, Pro, Direct): auto-closed at 4:45 PM ET; Apex — No: flat before 4:59 PM ET
- Automated trading (bots, EAs)Lucid Trading: Allowed within Lucid rules (no HFT or microscalping)
- Copying between accountsNot decided: copy trading is not verified for Apex
Decided only by the rows above and the rules table (each value with its source and date). Partner status plays no part; where the data does not decide, we say so.
Lucid Trading
Lucid Trading
Four plans (Flex, Pro, Daily, Direct), one-time payment with no time limit, 90/10 at every stage and live funding up to $750K.
Pros
- 4 plans: Flex, Pro, Daily, Direct
- 90/10 with no activation fee
- LucidDaily: request a payout any day (min $500), no funded consistency rule
- LucidLive: real capital up to $750K, 90/10
- Choosing a DLL at checkout lowers price and reset cost
Watch out for
- Consistency varies: 50% in Flex/Daily eval, 40% Pro Funded, 20% Direct
- Daily funded: flat 1 min before/after Red Folder news — violation is a hard breach
- Household account limits and a profit target between payouts on Pro and Direct
Promotions recorded in the dataset
- Public code VAULT — Lucid's site banner: "For the best deal use code: VAULT". Confirm the final price at checkout. (Check provider)
VAULT Best-deal code shown on Lucid's site banner Public promo (not a partner code) · manually verified Nov 8, 2026 on the official site
Visit Lucid ↗ Full rulebook →Apex Trader Funding
Apex Trader Funding
Up to 20 PA accounts at once and up to $3M combined. 30-day one-time evaluations, 100% of approved payouts on the new plans — and Legacy is back.
Pros
- Up to 20 PAs; copying same-direction trades across your own PAs is allowed
- 100% of approved payouts on the new plans
- Pass in one day — no minimum days, no eval consistency
- No MAE or 5:1 rule on the new plans
- Real-time data and NinjaTrader included
Watch out for
- Evals expire after 30 days, no resets
- Only 7 days to activate a PA, no extensions
- New PAs close after 6 payouts
- EOD costs 1.5–3× Intraday (list prices)
- Payout rules differ across Intraday, EOD and Legacy
Promotions recorded in the dataset
- No firm-wide promo listed right now.
SAVENOW 90% off (price shown with the code on the official site) Public promo (not a partner code) · verified Nov 8, 2026 on the official site
Visit Apex ↗ Full rulebook →How to choose between them
- Drawdown: Lucid — EOD (Daily funded: intraday); Apex — Intraday / EOD. EOD drawdown only moves on the daily close, intraday drawdown also trails open profit.
- Consistency: Lucid — Flex/Daily 50% in eval · Pro funded 40% · Direct 20%; Apex — None in eval · 50% on PA (Legacy 30%). Check whether the rule applies in the eval, when funded, or both.
- Real cost: Lucid is one-time with no activation fee; Apex is one-time (legacy monthly) with activation $89–$159 or a no-activation-fee option. Add resets to the math.
- Payouts: Lucid — Any day once eligible; Apex — 5 qualifying days.
Questions
Which is cheaper, Lucid or Apex?
Lowest prices in our data: Lucid from $45.50 after code (Flex 25K); Apex from $16.70 after code (Intraday Trail Standard 25K). Add activation fees and resets for the real cost.
What drawdown do Lucid and Apex use?
Lucid: EOD (Daily funded: intraday). Apex: Intraday / EOD.
Do Lucid and Apex have a consistency rule?
Lucid: Flex/Daily 50% in eval · Pro funded 40% · Direct 20%. Apex: None in eval · 50% on PA (Legacy 30%).
How often do Lucid and Apex pay out?
Lucid: Any day once eligible. Apex: 5 qualifying days.
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